Mama rat with a bunch of babies!

[MontyP2016]

Those who breed their own rats how many snakes do you have? I plan on building to four before years end and given the speed with which these rats grow i dont think thats enough to start breeding. Im afraid i will end up with a bunch of rats too big to feed to my snakes and be stuck with them.

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I have 20 snakes but I feed 21 every week (my sister-in-law has a snake). I have about 85 rats and 85 mice, because I don't have all the correct size rodents I am feeding usually about 30 off every week on average. What I don't go through I sell on craigslist and I usually don't have any extras. Unless you are on an island of deep in the middle of nowhere, you should be able to sell off your extras. Although most feed F/T, there's always that one stubborn snake who has to have live and the owner who can never find them since the stores don't like selling feeders. I have build up a small clientele of 'regulars' who buy my extras so I barely even have to list them anymore. Hope that helps!